Teun Vissers
Soft-matter physicist and entrepreneur; Co-founder & CEO of QuestPair
Netherlands
Summary
Experienced soft-matter physicist with a strong publication record in colloids, active matter and bacterial adhesion. google+1
Developed high-throughput microscopy and bespoke analysis software to extract single-cell trajectories and classify adhesive phenotypes. plos+1
Transitioned from academic research to entrepreneurship, co-founding QuestPair to apply scientific domain knowledge and data-driven methods to laboratory equipment sourcing and analytics. questpair+1
Active collaborator across universities and industry: roles include Marie Curie fellowship, postdoctoral research and consultancy linking fundamental research to applied projects and incubator initiatives. teunvissers+1
Work
Education
Projects
Writing
Dynamical analysis of bacteria in microscopy movies
January 1, 2019PLOS ONE paper detailing the image-analysis methodology, software, and validation used to extract positions, orientations and trajectories of rod-shaped bacteria from time-lapse microscopy movies; includes release of the code and datasets.
Bacteria as living patchy colloids: Phenotypic heterogeneity in surface adhesion
January 1, 2018Science Advances paper describing high-throughput single-cell tracking and analysis revealing phenotypic heterogeneity in Escherichia coli surface adhesion, and proposing a patchy-colloid model for adhesion variability.
Oppositely Charged Colloids Out of Equilibrium (PhD thesis)
November 15, 2010PhD thesis presenting experimental work on oppositely charged colloids, pattern formation, crystallization and gelation, and related experimental methods.